News from the EEF

Not a whole lot in this one that hasn't already been posted, but here are a couple of items:


Press report: "He's no Tennessean, but state museum holds mummy dear"
http://snipurl.com/jewa
"Tennessee's mummy was a gift from Jeremiah George Harris,
a one-time Nashville newspaper editor who obtained it while
in Egypt in 1859. The state historical society brought it to
Nashville in 1860 and displayed it in the state Capitol. When
Union soldiers took over the Statehouse, according to folklore,
troops unwrapped it, hoping to find jewelry on the body.
The mummy has been on display in the museum since 1937."

Press report: "Farmers threaten pharaohs"
http://snipurl.com/jewc

"Egypt's irrigation water is weakening temples, eroding stone reliefs."
"Hawass pinned his hopes for saving what remains of one of the world's
greatest civilizations on stricter legislation to enforce a ban protecting
land around ancient sites from farmers trying to take it without
permission."
[Eds. Andie posted this with some comments.]

Art Burrows has put some more (cp. EEFNEWS 345) illustrated
articles on woodworking in Ancient Egypt online (as PDF files); they
appeared in The Australian Woodworker magazine.
http://www.skillspublish.com.au/Egypt1.htm
Titles:
-- Ancient Egyptian Boat Building
-- Ancient Egyptian Woodworking
-- The Ubiquitous Adze
-- Did they really have the lathe
-- Workshops and the Palace

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